so the public can find out and make up their own minds about who is influencing what. >> steve farley's bill has gone nowhere. alec, on the other hand, is still everywhere. still hiding in plain sight. watch for it. coming soon to a statehouse near you. ♪ in reporting this story we wanted to talk to alec and some of its legislative members as well as to some of its former corporate members. our requests were either turned down or went unanswered. at one point, we were told that the chairman of alec had agreed to an interview. we pursued it, but never received a response. meanwhile, alec continues to make news. you've heard about all those bills passed in state after state by republican legislatures to prevent people from voting unless they can produce a government-issued photo id. many of those voter id laws are based in part on, you guessed it, an alec model bill. as you saw in our report, such groups as color of change have questioned whether alec is an organization with which businesses want to be associated. so far, about 40 corporations have decided their answer was, "no, thanks,